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Stock market uncertainty from President Donald Trump’s tariffs has even casual investors anxiously watching the VIX, commonly called Wall Street’s panic index or fear gauge.The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index – known as VIX – measures market expectations of stock price changes over the next 30 days, according to Cboe Global Markets, which manages the index.Investors use it to anticipate how stocks will react in stressful economic times, including those caused by tariffs. If VIX activity goes up, the stock market will probably go down.On April 7, the index...

Maurie Backman  |  The Motley FoolUS stocks suffer worst quarter since 2022 amid tariffs fearsTwo major US stock indexes ended their worst quarter in over two years, with the S&P 500 dropping 4.5% and the Nasdaq dipping 10.4%.The Dow Jones dropped 1.3%, marking its first consecutive monthly loss since October 2023, as the broader market faces uncertainty ahead of Trump's new tariffs.unbranded - NewsworthyA tumbling stock market has many Americans worried about their retirement portfolios. And if you feel similarly, that's quite understandable.Even if you've been through a stock market...

Why invest in commercial property?Commercial property is an asset class to consider as a way of spreading, or diversifying, risk in your investment portfolio.You can earn money from a commercial property investment through income from renting to a tenant or capital growth from an increase in the value of the property.Generally, property isn't highly correlated to other assets classes such as cash, fixed income (bonds and gilts) and equities, meaning that property values move independently of other assets and aren't typically affected by what's going on in the stock markets.If...

Alex Carchidi  |  The Motley FoolCrypto Weekly: Family fortunes and GameStop's pivotGameStop's crypto pivot GameStop shares were back in action as the company's move to hoard bitcoin brought retail investors back to the meme stock.Investing in cryptocurrencies is a distinct but related discipline to investing in stocks and other financial instruments. Though it's fully possible to apply most of the same principles you use for thinking about your stocks to your cryptos — like, for example, comparing your coin's performance to the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEMKT: SPY) or...

Alex Carchidi  |  The Motley FoolCrypto Weekly: Family fortunes and GameStop's pivotGameStop's crypto pivot GameStop shares were back in action as the company's move to hoard bitcoin brought retail investors back to the meme stock.Investing in cryptocurrencies is a distinct but related discipline to investing in stocks and other financial instruments. Though it's fully possible to apply most of the same principles you use for thinking about your stocks to your cryptos — like, for example, comparing your coin's performance to the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEMKT: SPY) or...

Alex Carchidi  |  The Motley FoolCrypto Weekly: Family fortunes and GameStop's pivotGameStop's crypto pivot GameStop shares were back in action as the company's move to hoard bitcoin brought retail investors back to the meme stock.Investing in cryptocurrencies is a distinct but related discipline to investing in stocks and other financial instruments. Though it's fully possible to apply most of the same principles you use for thinking about your stocks to your cryptos — like, for example, comparing your coin's performance to the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEMKT: SPY) or...

Alex Carchidi  |  The Motley FoolCrypto Weekly: Family fortunes and GameStop's pivotGameStop's crypto pivot GameStop shares were back in action as the company's move to hoard bitcoin brought retail investors back to the meme stock.Investing in cryptocurrencies is a distinct but related discipline to investing in stocks and other financial instruments. Though it's fully possible to apply most of the same principles you use for thinking about your stocks to your cryptos — like, for example, comparing your coin's performance to the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEMKT: SPY) or...

Alex Carchidi  |  The Motley FoolCrypto Weekly: Family fortunes and GameStop's pivotGameStop's crypto pivot GameStop shares were back in action as the company's move to hoard bitcoin brought retail investors back to the meme stock.Investing in cryptocurrencies is a distinct but related discipline to investing in stocks and other financial instruments. Though it's fully possible to apply most of the same principles you use for thinking about your stocks to your cryptos — like, for example, comparing your coin's performance to the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEMKT: SPY) or...

Alex Carchidi  |  The Motley FoolCrypto Weekly: Family fortunes and GameStop's pivotGameStop's crypto pivot GameStop shares were back in action as the company's move to hoard bitcoin brought retail investors back to the meme stock.Investing in cryptocurrencies is a distinct but related discipline to investing in stocks and other financial instruments. Though it's fully possible to apply most of the same principles you use for thinking about your stocks to your cryptos — like, for example, comparing your coin's performance to the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEMKT: SPY) or...

New York Stock Exchange NYSE Trump Supporter Trader TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images To some, the stock market seems like a casino. Put some money in, and take a gamble to see if your investments moon or go to zero. But that's not the reality for a large part of the investment world: For those who primarily engage in buy-and-hold, diversified investing — such as pension funds and mutual funds — the market is generally seen as a reliable way to grow long-term wealth. Sure, there may be some...